Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Sep 2012
Towards the next generation of public health research in India: a call for a health equity lens.
Public health research is at a cross road in India. Despite a high level of health needs and new public health challenges arising in the context of rapid economic growth and social change, public health research is not keeping up with the needs of Indian society. There are, however, new initiatives creating opportunities to increase public health research, thereby raising debates about public health research priorities. ⋯ The authors first outline the main reasons why they believe that public health research has been sidelined in India. Then, the authors argue that health equity should be the overarching principle guiding a public health research agenda. The authors suggest how to integrate equity-oriented strategies into the public health research agenda and propose some key research questions that require urgent attention from their respective disciplines.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Sep 2012
Comparative StudyThe effect of daily weather conditions on myocardial infarction incidence in a subarctic population: the Tromsø Study 1974-2004.
Meteorological factors like cold temperatures and heavy snowfalls have been reported to increase myocardial infarction (MI) incidence, but there are inconsistencies in results as well as in methodology in previous studies. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of meteorological factors on incidence of MI in a population-based study in Tromsø, Norway (69°39'N). ⋯ In this subarctic population, MI incidence was little affected by the weather, probably due to behavioural protection. However, cold weather and heavy snowfall may be associated with increased risk of MI among older people.